Similar words: shortcut, report card, torticollis, shortcoming, cull, scull, pull in, scullery. Meaning: [‚pɔrt'kʌlɪs /‚pɔː-] 
n. gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage.
n. gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage. 
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1. Inside there was a portcullis of some dark metal.
2. Another one rose, like a portcullis.
3. The parliamentary portcullis is featured above his head.
4. At each end of the tanks are portcullis gates, which are opened and closed by hydraulic rams.
5. There were moments when it felt like a portcullis downward-slammed between herself and the human community.
6. The bridge was not up, the portcullis raised and the guard in the gatehouse evidently keeping warm before a fire therein.
7. Portcullis - Effectual protection in emergency.
8. Most gateways had a metal grill called a portcullis.
9. A connection was made to the stand pipe each time the portcullis end gates were raised.
10. This is meant to convey a sense of security and privacy: the drawbridge is pulled up and the portcullis is dropped.
11. If Big Ben were to fall it would crash into MPs' offices over the road in Portcullis House.
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12. If Big Ben were to fall it would crash into MPs' offices over the road in Portcullis House. Currently, the clock tower is sinking more quickly on the north side of the 315ft-tall building.
13. Begging him to leave this terrible place, she breaks away just in time before the rapidly closing portcullis closes in on her.